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Proverbs 16:6

Proverbs 16:6

Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible · Matthew Henry (1662–1714) · Public Domain

See here, 1. How the guilt of sin is taken away from us--by the mercy

and truth of God, mercy in promising, truth in performing, the mercy

and truth which kiss each other in Jesus Christ the Mediator--by the

covenant of grace, in which mercy and truth shine so brightly--by our

mercy and truth, as the condition of the pardon and a necessary

qualification for it--by these, and not by the legal sacrifices, Mic.

vi. 7, 8. 2. How the power of sin is broken in us. By the principles of

mercy and truth commanding in us the corrupt inclinations are purged

out (so we may take the former part); however, by the fear of the Lord,

and the influence of that fear, men depart from evil; those will not

dare to sin against God who keep up in their minds a holy dread and

reverence of him.

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